Daily Mail: More than 75MILLION people brace themselves for the wrath of Jonas - the monster East Coast snowstorm - as FIVE THOUSAND flights are canceled and panic buyers clear the shelves
* More than 2,500 flights around the country have been canceled on Friday and at least 2,300 on Saturday
* Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, and D.C. have all declared a state of emergency to prepare for the storm
* Two feet of snow to hit Northeast - with 60mph winds expected to shut off power on coast from VA to NY
* DC Mayor Muriel Bowser made unusual move of apologizing for underestimating early onset of snow and ice after gridlock traffic paralyzed the city last night
* The city's subway - the second busiest in the nation - is set to be shut down over the weekend as a result
The mid-Atlantic states are bracing for a historic winter storm and travel chaos that could bring large parts of the Eastern seaboard to a standstill.
Emergencies have been declared in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., as the East Coast and 75 million people prepare for one of the most brutal snowstorms in a century - Storm Jonas - and it is set to last until Sunday.
More than 5,000 flights have already been canceled around the country from Friday until Saturday night and more than 2,100 flights have been delayed as of Friday morning as airports get ready for the severe weather.
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